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SAN DIEGO (CNS) - After 14 years of design and development, a comprehensive plan to redevelop San Diego's waterfront was approved Wednesday by the California Coastal Commission.

The North Embarcadero Visionary Plan was passed on an 8-1 vote at a meeting in Santa Barbara. Commissioners had rejected previous versions.

"I'm thrilled that San Diegans' vision for our downtown bayfront has cleared the final regulatory hurdle and this transformation can begin," Mayor Jerry Sanders said.

"This project is the result of well over a decade of work by the Port of San Diego, Centre City Development Corp., the city and hundreds of citizens who took the time to weigh in on what they'd like to see for our waterfront," he said.

The project is due to break ground in November, according to Councilman Kevin Faulconer, who represents downtown.

The plan will transform several bayside blocks west of the railroad tracks, between Laurel and Market streets, essentially extending northward the esplanade in front of the USS Midway Museum and Tuna Harbor.

"This world-class project opens up the city's waterfront and creates a new front porch," Faulconer said. "Park space, walkways and trees will replace concrete and asphalt."

Officials with the city, county and Navy began discussions on redeveloping the area in 1997.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing assured defeat, Republican leaders decided Tuesday not to even hold a vote on the GOP's latest attempt to repeal the Obama health care law, surrendering on their last-gasp effort to deliver on the party's banner campaign promise. Leaving a lunch of Republican senators who'd gathered to discuss their next steps on the issue, Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and other leaders decided that "the votes are no...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing assured defeat, Republican leaders decided Tuesday not to even hold a vote on the GOP's latest attempt to repeal the Obama health care law, surrendering on their last-gasp effort to deliver on the party's banner campaign promise. Leaving a lunch of Republican senators who'd gathered to discuss their next steps on the issue, Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and other leaders decided that "the votes are no...

Four college basketball coaches were among those facing federal charges Tuesday in a wide probe of fraud and corruption in the NCAA, including former SDSU assistant coach Tony Bland now of the University of Southern California.

Four college basketball coaches were among those facing federal charges Tuesday in a wide probe of fraud and corruption in the NCAA, including former SDSU assistant coach Tony Bland now of the University of Southern California.

Firefighters working in steep canyons Tuesday got help from retardant-dropping aircraft flying around-the-clock as they saved homes from a smoky blaze that surged through suburban canyons in Southern California and sent hundreds scrambling for safety.

Firefighters working in steep canyons Tuesday got help from retardant-dropping aircraft flying around-the-clock as they saved homes from a smoky blaze that surged through suburban canyons in Southern California and sent hundreds scrambling for safety.

A 29-year-old man was stabbed to death at a City Heights homeless encampment and a woman was hospitalized Tuesday with a stab wound from the same attack as police searched for the assailant, authorities said.

A 29-year-old man was stabbed to death at a City Heights homeless encampment and a woman was hospitalized Tuesday with a stab wound from the same attack as police searched for the assailant, authorities said.